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Game 57: Reds at Nationals

Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals, Jun 9, 2009 7:05 PM EDT



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Cincinnati Reds
@ Washington Nationals

Tuesday, Jun 9, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Partly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 80.

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2009 - Johnny Cueto 5-3 2.43 1.04 53 20



W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2009 - Jordan Zimmermann 2-3 5.71 1.37 54 14


The Reds start a 3-game set against the last-place Washington Nationals, who are 15-40 heading into tonight.  The home team has a 10-game winning streak in this series, with both teams sweeping at home last season.  Neither team is playing particularly well right now, with the Reds dropping 7 of their last 10 and the Nationals managing just 4 wins in their last 23 games.  This is a great opportunity for the Reds to beat up on a bad team, but with the way they have been hitting lately, who knows?

The Reds will be facing rookie Jordan Zimmermann for the first time.  The 23-year old has been erratic through his first 9 big league starts.  He has pitched better at home than on the road though, posting a 4.85 ERA and striking out nearly 6 times as many batters as he has walked.  He's somewhat prone to giving up the long ball, particularly to right-handers, who have hit 5 off of him in 87 AB.  I have no idea on how prone he is to giving up sacrifice hits though.

Johnny Cueto will take the mound for the Reds, making his 12th start of the season.  Cueto had his streak of consecutive games completing 7 innings or more broken in his last start when he only managed to go 6.1 innings against the Cardinals.  He still pitched well in that start, scattering 7 hits and allowing just 1 run while striking 3 and walking nobody.  This will be his 3rd start against the Nationals after going 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in 13 innings against them last season. 

Other than that, I don't think there are any story lines.  Lemme double check....nope, nothing else interesting about tonight's game.  Enjoy it anyway!

Also, as much as possible, let's try to keep the draft coverage in the draft thread.  I realize there will be some overlap, but I'd hate for an interesting discussion on a new draftee to get lost in a game thread.

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by Club107 on Jun 9, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

so how long will the rain delay be?

by homerun21 on Jun 9, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Shouldn't be...

too long.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rain ... guess i'll go back to watching the draft

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Jun 9, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crap.

Just realized that I’m going to be the lucky recipient of an mlb.tv blackout tonight.

Does anybody have any experience with using proxies with mlb.tv?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yes

It’s easy.

It works.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

...

What might one use?

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would guess

A free proxy that’s not in the blackout area. Canadian, maybe?

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Drat.

I’m just getting errors.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

you may have to try several different proxies

Before you find one that works. They have short half-lives.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I never got that to work.

Hrm.

It actually works for me over wireless broadband now, because mlb is apparently unable to place me using that. And I remembered that I have a Canadian credit card…

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How convenient?

"It's like my father used to say, "When I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child. And when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot.' "

by RedConn on Jun 9, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only when their program

to match IPs to geography is sufficiently confused. In which case a proxy would work, if I could get that to work…

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

8 p.m. start now

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So I'm using mobile broadband...

and mlb.tv says it’s unable to identify my location. Therefore, I’m blacked out of all games.

Nice.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wha...?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno, every time I get the "unable to identify location" message,

It says “if you think this is in error, blah blah blah” and I don’t pay attention. I guess you didn’t get that message?

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it gives me that message

and asks for my credit card. But they already have my credit card info…

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Lineups

If the game ever starts…

Willy Taveras 8
Jerry Hairston Jr. 5
Brandon Phillips 4
Ramon Hernandez 3
Jonny Gomes 7
Jay Bruce 9
Alex Gonzalez 6
Ryan Hanigan 2
Johnny Cueto 1

Cristian Guzman 6
Nick Johnson 3
Ryan Zimmerman 5
Adam Dunn 7
Eilah Dukes 9
Willie Harris 8
Anderson Hernandez 4
Wil Nieves 2
Ross Detwiler 1

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm guessing he saw Herrera sitting on the table next to a lamp

“You got that right, tiny DRH!”

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't find the video

but it was an SNL sketch from back in the Rob Schneider days. Nicolas Cage played Tiny Elvis. The main joke was that he thought everything was huge and his handlers just laughed and said “You got that right, Tiny Elvis!”

The transcript is here, if you are so inclined, but it loses something in the translation, especially since it was only mildly funny to begin with.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The hotel the team was staying at

Other Reds personnel spied:
Matt Maloney
Arthur Rhodes
Ryan Hanigan
Laynce Nix
Coco Cordero
Billy Hatcher
Brook Jacoby
Dick Pole
Mark Berry
and a quick glimpse of Bronson Arroyo to end things

by Brendanukkah on Jun 9, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

does Arthur Rhodes dress every day

in a leather suit with bling to match his earrings? Because I can totally see that.

All in all, I woudln’t want to spy on the team just because I like the personalities I’ve invented for all of them. Nix and Maloney going to GWU to hit on freshmen, Hanigan mumbling to himself at the bar punching the next person who says “Hernandez”, etc.

by Cy Schourek on Jun 9, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rhodes taking craps the size of DRH, just to prove he can

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know how Chris Dickerson looked at that party for Ryan Braun's t-shirt line?

That’s how Nix looked. Hanigan was on the phone the whole time I saw him. With his BFF Joey?

by Brendanukkah on Jun 9, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rain Delay trivia

Which of the former Reds number 1 picks hit the most career home runs as a Red?

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmm...

Mike Lincoln is still with the team?

Mike Lincoln should have been released on June 8.

by Senor Pez on Jun 9, 2009 7:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Of course.

Were you expecting a move or something?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Any word on the delay from local broadcast?

"It's like my father used to say, "When I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child. And when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot.' "

by RedConn on Jun 9, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

around 8:30 says Grande

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks

"It's like my father used to say, "When I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child. And when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot.' "

by RedConn on Jun 9, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Daedalus

is supposed to be at this game, isn’t she?

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Fuck you.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

tsk

Watch your mouth. Daedalus is a lady.

It’s screw you.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds fancy.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds like a bar with naked dancers

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No.

Ash’s house.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what's wrong with being sexy?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ash's house is sexy?

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No. Just filled with naked dancers.

Some, are even dead. So they don’t dance that much, they kind of just lay there … but when the strobe hits them, it’s fucking hot.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

long wait for a game to be played in front of tens of people

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Expos-esque

"It's like my father used to say, "When I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child. And when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot.' "

by RedConn on Jun 9, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Game's on.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

About damned time

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone figure out why Hanigan and his .322 average is still batting 8th behind Gonzalez?

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He's the catcher.

Catchers bat eighth.
/Dusty’d

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

please

We’re lucky A-Gon isn’t batting second.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

George is already starting the piling on

“Dunn’s in left, he’s committed seven miscues…”

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Did you say seven already?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

June 8

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that was the question asked

by the announcer.

No mention of his offensive stats, of course.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just lots of selfish HR's

and base clogging walks

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep, I know

Welsh was all kinds of ready to point out how many errors and what part of the season it was.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

8:54

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

misunderstoo'd

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Willy

still sucks.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

amazing how he got a little healthier

when Dickerson was making great catches and hitting a little

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Reds

are trying hard to make this kid look good.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nevermind, Ross Detwiler is pitching

I thought it was Jordan Zimmermann.

by Brendanukkah on Jun 9, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was supposed to be

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's what happens

when you hit the ball right to Alex Gonzalez.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah

but hairston or Keppinger do not make that play

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, I know

but those guys aren’t shortstops.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

true 'nough

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nice play by Gonzo

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 9:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Welp, here comes Dunn

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I really don't like having to face this guy

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nor do I

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also,

0-0

after 1 in Pittsburgh

/hockey’d

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

thanks for the update

I should probably switch over, but the Yankees-Red Sox game is like a train wreck. I can’t look away.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good goaltending

The ageless-wonder Bill Guerin had like 6 shots on goal and has nothing to show for it.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1-0 Pens now

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that on a network

or are the Stanley Cup finals on VS or something?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NBC

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NBC

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by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shit. I was watching the Reds.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll call it

Dunn walks.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you mean.

bold call

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Jun 9, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cueto is a sissy

throw him strikes

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dukes

perhaps the meanest looking dude in the majors

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

K him boy-o

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dukes is having a pretty good year so far.

He needs to with all that child support.

ZING!

I’m a dick.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

who did that?

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dukes knocked-up a 17-year-old foster child of a relative

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

I never heard that. you were right. he’s a dick

Hope Springs Eternal!

by Caleb on Jun 9, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He has like 5 kids by 4 different women

He’s the Shawn Kemp of the MLB

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well that's not good

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think he went around

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

justin'd

I don’t know what you mean with that sentence.

by Cy Schourek on Jun 9, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fucking us, sorry.

He had a really bad strike zone in Cincinnati, if I recall correctly.

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FSN putting Leake on the air soon

That should be interesting.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I need to go back to work but I want to hear him. I'm hanging around a little bit longer.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yikes

i admit i hadnt heard of him. that’s not terribly surprising however…

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crap.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice comeback Johnny

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

26 pitches!

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kueto!

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

WTF Hernandez?

Run to first you asshole.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh wait, he was. He's that fucking slow.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What the hell was he swinging at?

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This team looks like complete shit

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Man, imagine how awesome our pitching would be if

it got to face our lineup everyday.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Detwiler gives his pitches away.

How do the hitters not know what’s coming? His wind up is practically half the speed for offspeed pitches.

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

reds are up in round two, fyi

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

boxberger rhp usc

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, the front office talked about LHP and they go out and draft two righties? Hmmm ...

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

usc bio

here

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rec'd

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Both these guys seem OK, but I'm just a little annoyed that

the Reds talked about LHP and went out and took two righties. It’s just a little odd, unless they know of some gems in the lower rounds.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Strong walk.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So Rob Dibble is the Nationals' color guy

They’re showing Reds clips

"It's like my father used to say, "When I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child. And when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot.' "

by RedConn on Jun 9, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is he any good?

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like him

he stays on point and doesn’t seem too flustered by the generall shittiness of the Nats

by Cy Schourek on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just got the game on

He’s and the other announcer have just been talking Reds stuff.

Showing clips from ’90. And also clips of Dibble and Tim Tuffle, throwing at someone on the Astros, who threw his helmet at Dibble as he charged the mound (who was it?). And of course the time he threw a Doug Dicenzo-suicide squeeze bunted ball at Dicenzo. Dibble said it was a childhood Wiffle ball flashback and he wishes he could take it back.

I’ll keep track of Dibble via the Cowboy Meter I just bought from Sharper Image.

"It's like my father used to say, "When I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child. And when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot.' "

by RedConn on Jun 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Normally I can't stand Dibble doing broadcasts

But that’s probably just because he’s paired with Bob Carpenter. He’s in XM radio form tonight.

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok Hanigan, base hit.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice call

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A RUN

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HOLY CRAP

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really like Hanigan.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Well .. it did land in a puddle

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Watching in low quality.

So on the replay, when it was clear that Bruce was pretty much home, it was clearer

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me too

No HD on either the Washington or Cincinnati feeds. This sucks. Cheap bastards.

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i thought the same

but Bruce was motorin"

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

in honor of Dunn?

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He must be sleeping.

He also didn’t even attempt to throw out Gonzalez, who was SHOCKED that he hit a ball out of the infield.

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good hustle, Jay

They’re pitching to Hanigan? (The inverse to “they’re running on Hanigan?”)

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Showing clips of Dibble meltdowns on MASN

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We score!

I like it!

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Jun 9, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dibble

says Johnny Cueto reminds him of Johnny Quest.

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So he purposely threw at a baserunner?

Singular.

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The cameraman

apparently found the only pair of breasts in the stadium.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh boy.

Way to disguise the name so she doesn’t see this when she does a search later.

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK, back to work

I’ll see you guys later.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait, here's Leake, nevermind.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Leake on

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This may be the worst interview ever.

“What was it like?”

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

DFA him!

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Leake is better at this than George is

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 9, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

George Grande is a worse interviewer than Chris Farley

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even worse than

Zach Galifianakis.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

who called you?

uh, somebody called me.

great insight. seems like a Greg Maddux intellectual type, no?

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Leake's doing his best, but god, they're asking stupid questions...

and giving him tons of dead air to fill.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

from mlbdrafttracker

Comments: As a six-foot righty, people may want to overlook Leake as a big-time pitching prospect, but they might be missing the boat. He can throw four pitches for strikes and his poise is off the charts. He may not be that big, but he’s athletic, strong and durable with an extremely efficient delivery. He’s done nothing but perform with the Sun Devils and whoever looks past his size could have themselves a steal.

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eckstein'd

question: If it’s impossible to chart intangibles such as “poise”, then how can Leake be “off the chart”?

by Cy Schourek on Jun 9, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"So you tell me you WEREN'T born a woman?"

I really like my mental image of this interview. It sounds like college radio.

by Cy Schourek on Jun 9, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

evenin' jerks

what happened to Zimmermann? i thought he was starting tonight.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jun 9, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He's playing third base.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

seconded

Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Jun 9, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Taveras nightmare coming true at last

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't happen if Taveras is able to suit up

Who’s another dumbass organization that wants a speedster who steals as many bases as Ian Kinsler?

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stubbs sucks.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That look high?

"It's like my father used to say, "When I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child. And when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot.' "

by RedConn on Jun 9, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Top of this order looks really weak

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

we have a DL ??

Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Jun 9, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just for good hitters and pitchers

we save the bench for the crappy hitters who are hurt that we don’t want even when they are healthy – and BP.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, it just means the Reds offense is so ridiculously terrible

that I am forced to depend on him.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, but its racist

Taveras and Gonzalez coudln’t make it past face-check

by Cy Schourek on Jun 9, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

even the damn trainer is on it!!!

I was on a flush draw?!?!?

by REDLEG5 on Jun 9, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

For those who wanna know

Reds 2nd round – HS ss Billy Hamilton

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yup

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Some interesting things from TT:
Hamilton batted .467 with 7 HR, 38 RBI and 13 SB this season.

He’s a raw athlete who hasn’t played a lot of baseball, nor has he faced great competition. He features tremendous speed, rating a 70 on MLB’s 20-80 scale.

Hamilton has an outstanding arm and has hit 94 off the mound, leading me to wondere if his future is on the hill. His skills make him the rare high schooler capable of remaining at shortstop as a pro. He also is capable of playing CF. Hamilton signed to play football at Mississippi State.

God, he’s good.

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

is he flying solo in the draft thread right now?

also, for those curious, Hamilton is from Mississippi

by Cy Schourek on Jun 9, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not many there as far as I can tell.

A few thought it was the game thread. But people have mostly migrated here.

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And there it is

On Marquis Grissom:

George: He played the game.

Chris: He could flat out play.

by Brian B on Jun 9, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

My great-grandmother is a huge Braves fan

and used to love that guy. She and her boyfriend loved to talk about “Grizzom.”

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth!

Woe-mack, the worst player in MLB in 2005.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

everybody feel sorry for the Yankee fan

:P

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Feel sorry for Bubba Crosby

He was blocked by Womack. Who wasn’t even an outfielder.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jun 9, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was a good pitch...

I couldn’t tell how Dukes hit it out of the park.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lucky, lucky hr.

Full extension, off the sweet spot.. Can’t wait to see the hittracker.com analysis of that HR. “Lucky” is what I bet it was.

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reds swinging at absolute bullshit

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

They ain't even bullshitin'

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WTF is Willy swinging at?

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I always thought Quest was better than Clutch

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He ain't even good at all!

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey gang...just in time to see Wily IIDP?

Unless of course he strikes out.
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
3 big hits in 5 innings
2 Gonzo
1 Hanigan
BB – Jay

Pretty lame

Common Cherry

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. Charles O. Finley
Sweat plus sacrifice equals a runner in scoring position. Dusty Baker
Sweat plus sacrifice equals another useless out. Mads

by Madville on Jun 9, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

CHERRY HUDSON JR! CHERRY HUDSON JR!

CHERRY HUDSON JR WITH A discriminating plate approach.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jun 9, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

WoOO!!!

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bases Loaded...thanks to plate discipline!

BP TIME

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. Charles O. Finley
Sweat plus sacrifice equals a runner in scoring position. Dusty Baker
Sweat plus sacrifice equals another useless out. Mads

by Madville on Jun 9, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Also 2-0 Pens with about 14 minutest to go

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

soccer?

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wouldn't you like to know.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wonder...

If BP can actually not hack at the first two pitches, after two straight walks.

And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...

by Paul Householder on Jun 9, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow, TWO runs!

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BP! BP! BP!

With a baseball bat.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How did that turn into a double?

Duke is screwing the pooch tonight.

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He's, seriously, one of the worst defensive outfielders I've ever seen. EVER!

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Base hit - Double - 2 RUN DOUBLE

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDON

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. Charles O. Finley
Sweat plus sacrifice equals a runner in scoring position. Dusty Baker
Sweat plus sacrifice equals another useless out. Mads

by Madville on Jun 9, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"Those 2 out RBIs, nothing tastes sweeter"

I know something! 0-out RBIs! 1-out RBI!

There is no SETUP SWING.

I hate you.

by jsl413 on Jun 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I definitely LOLed

at the “setup swing” line.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ramon seems to be trying too hard tonight.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Feeling the Pressure of recent lack of team offense?

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. Charles O. Finley
Sweat plus sacrifice equals a runner in scoring position. Dusty Baker
Sweat plus sacrifice equals another useless out. Mads

by Madville on Jun 9, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is a good team to play to 'Get Well Offensively'

Sweat plus sacrifice equals another useless out. Mads

by Madville on Jun 9, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

These bastions of defense?

Nah

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 9, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like it when this team scores after they put men on base

it’s better than the alternative.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jun 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I disagree.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Get your red on" seems like an ill-conceived slogan

I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jun 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think we should get a heart on.

And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...

by Paul Householder on Jun 9, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

McDonald...

Would have lost it in the lights, dived and let it dribble to the wall past him for a triple.

And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...

by Paul Householder on Jun 9, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he had flipped his glove over.

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by Gray on Jun 9, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cueto only has 3 K's?

psh…

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Jun 9, 2009 10:16 PM EDT